An insular country, subject to fogs, and with a powerful middle class, requires grave statesmen.

The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

As a rule, man is a fool. When it's hot, he wants it cool; When its cool, he wants it hot. Always wanting, what is not.

That youthful fervor, which is sometimes called enthusiasm, but which is a heat of imagination subsequently discovered to be inconsistent with the experience of actual life.

Under this roof are the heads of the family of Rothschild - a name famous in every capital of Europe and every division of the globe. If you like, we shall divide the United States into two parts, one for you, James [Rothschild], and one for you, Lionel [Rothschild]. Napoleon will do exactly and all that I shall advise him.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.